On this day, students pay respects and express gratitude towards their teachers for imparting knowledge by offering garlands and take blessings from them.

The day is also commemorated and celebrated by Hindus as the birth anniversary of Vedvyas, the author of epics like the Mahabharata, Srimadbhagwat, Athara Purans and Bishnu Sahasranama.

As per Hindu values, people senior in age, knowledge, strength and experience are regarded as teachers while father, mother, maternal uncle, father-in-law, grandfather, great-grandfather, Brahmins and uncle are also respected as teachers.

Likewise, Buddhists celebrate the day as the Dharma Chakra Prabartan Diwas as it was on this day that Lord Gautam Buddha delivered his first sermon.